- Nineteenth Texas Legislature
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The Nineteenth Texas Legislature met from 13 January to 31 March 1885 in its regular session. All members of the House of Representatives and about half of the members of the Senate were elected in 1884 General Election.
Contents
Sessions
- 19th Regular session: 13 January–31 March 1885
Party summary
Officers
Senate
- Lieutenant Governor
- Barnett Gibbs, Democrat
- President pro tempore
- William R. Shannon, Democrat, Regular session
- Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore, Democrat, ad interim
House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Lafayette Lumpkin Foster, Democrat
Members
Members of the Nineteenth Texas Legislature as of the beginning of the Regular Session, 13 January 1885:
Senate
- Lochlin Johnson Farrar
- George Washington Glasscock, Jr.
- Temple Lea Houston
- Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore, Democrat, District 7
- William R. Shannon
- J. O. Terrell
District Senator Party Took office 1 William L. Douglass 1885 2 Caleb Jackson Garrison 1885 3 William Henry Pope Democrat 1883 4 John A. Peacock 1883 5 Samuel D. Stinson 1885 6 John Lafayette Camp, Jr. 1885 7 Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore Democrat 1885 8 Mansel Y. Randolph 1883 9 James W. Jones 1883 10 W. M. Jerdone 1885 11 John Woods 1885 12 Hermann Knittel 1885 13 John P. Fowler 1883 14 James S. Perry 1883 15 Lochlin Johnson Farrar 1883 16 J. O. Terrell 1885 17 John Johnson 1883 18 William O. Davis 1882 19 Temple Lea Houston 1885 20 William R. Shannon Democrat 1879 (Prior: 1865–1867) 21 William H. Getzendaner 1883 22 Richard H. Harrison 1885 23 Charles Keith Bell 1885 24 George Washington Glasscock, Jr. 1885 25 George Pfeuffer 1883 26 Rudolph Kleberg 1883 27 E. F. Hall 1885 28 Augustus W. Houston Democrat 1879 29 James Henry Calhoun 1885 30 John Henry Traylor 1883 31 William A. Evans 1883 House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives for the Nineteenth Texas Legislature:
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- Frank P. Alexander
- William T. Armistead
- Edwin Augustus Atlee
- James Browning
- William John Caven
- Daniel Darroch
- James H. Faubion
- Lafayette Lumpkin Foster
- Adolph Carl Ludwig Groos
- Travis Henderson
- Joseph Humphrey
- J. Ras Jones
- Thomas W. Kennedy
- Jesse P. Loving
- William McGaughey
- Andrew Todd McKinney
- Robert J. Moore
- E. Taylor Moore
- George Cassety Pendleton
- James M. Robinson
- Felix Ezell Smith
- Benjamin Dudley Tarlton
- Ammon Underwood
- Benjamin Franklin Williams
Membership Changes
Senate
Legislatures (House of Representatives)
District Outgoing
SenatorReason for Vacancy Successor Date of Successor's Installation District 7 Constantine Buckley “Buck” Kilgore Kilgore resigned 23 October 1886 to seek election to the Fiftieth United States Congress Vacant District 25 George Pfeuffer Pfeuffer died 15 September 1886 Vacant District 26 Rudolph Kleberg Kleberg resigned 9 September 1886 Vacant District 27 E. F. Hall Hall died 28 April 1886 Vacant External links
- Texas Legislature Online
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
- Legislative Reference Library
- Billhop - Texas Legislative Wiki
- Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Texas
- Project Vote Smart - State House of Texas
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